Mara Devereux

Mara Devereux (b.1925) is an American artist.

Devereux is the widow of the late artist Robert Dowd whom she married in 1962. Devereux is a prolific abstract painter, her work and exhibitions span over 50 years. Her paintings are in many homes and collections in Beverly Hills, California and Museums throughout the country. Devereux sometimes exhibited with her husband. In the 1960s she was well known for her 5 sided box paintings (covered with plexi-glass) which were used as Lazy Susans. In 2005, Mara Devereux collaborated with the fascinating and charismatic Kazakh-American tenor Timur Bekbosunov on his multimedia theatrical fantasy, The Songs of the Mad Muezzin (based on the music of Karol Szymanowski), resulting in a new painting series, The Szymanowski Series, produced by the non-profit organization, Art of Opera.

Devereux also does portrait painting. She lives in Los Angeles and continues to paint and exhibit. Her work can be seen at the ASTO Gallery, LA. Devereux has a son from a previous marriage.

References

• Who's Who in American Art, 26th edition. 2005-2006
• New Art Forms, LA Herald-Examiner, Jan 8, 1967
• Green Umbrella concert, Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2010

External links

• Devereux at Gallery ASTO
• Devereux's Delights
• Bekbosunov quote

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